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TED s'ifnrns PATENT onrie- CHAUNCEY E. WARNER, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR TO JOHN H. STEVENS, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

MACHINE FOR CUTTING MATCHeSPLINTS.

Specification of Letters Patent No. 2,700, dated July 12, 1842.

To all whom z' may concern.'

Be it known that I, CHAUNGEY E. l/VARNER, of the city, county, and State of New York, machinist, have invented and applied to use certain new and useful Improvements in Modes of Cutting Round Match Sticks or Splints,` and for which I seek to have Iletters Patent of the United States issued to as marks of reference` apply to the same parts, in all the several figures.

A and A1 represent the frame on which the working parts are mounted for use.

a, a, a, a, is the principal crank and shaft which runs across the frame A and A1 work` ing in bearings o, b, and projecting out from the side of the frame A1 long enough to t-ake the fly wheel ci, CZ, and fast screw c and loose screw c1, by which the machine is to be worked bv a belt or other attachment, to any prime mover. On the side of the frame A the said shaft projects out long enough to' take an eccentric wheel x hereafter referred to.

f is a connecting rod from the crank and shaft ai, a, a, a, to the slide carriage 71 It, which works on ways g, g, inside the main frame A and A1. On the back or outer end of the carriage 71., are three carrier plates m, m, n, and m, lyingv crosswise of the carriage and held in their places horizon tally by a set screw a and vertically by two small pieces 79, 79. The middle carrier plate m, n is fitted with` two rows of small slots, each row running lengthwise of the carrier plate m, n, but each separate slot in each row runs lengthwise of and in a separate longitudinal line, with the carriage 7L, L, see Fig. 3. In these slots cutting cylinders 0 o o 0 (see also Fig. 4 Sheet 2) are litt/ed and held in place in each slot, the vertical portion being secured by shoulders on the shank :tionary by a bolt to the main frame A y A1; in this feeding boX on the side next B1 `and B2 is a stationary guide r which the foremost end of the cylinders are brought to an edge so as to cut the splints as they go `forward through the wood which is operated upon. The foremost edge of the shank `is brought to an edge in order to allow -it to pass through the wood free and with ease.

The back end of the cylinders and back edges of the Shanks are brought to an edge so as to allow them to repass through the wood without taking with them any fuz, slivers, or tearing off the shell, or chip, which is left on the block of wood for the knife to remove, after each successive cut with the cylinders.

The knife 7c is placed and runs across the carriage t, t, in front ofthe carrier plates a, and m in order to clear off the chips or uneven surface, thus preparing the `block at every revolution of the machine for lthe cutters to operate upon. Back of the `carrier plates m, m n, and m and attached to the carriage 7L it is a receiving and de- :livering trough c/ to receive and deliver the splints at every revolution of the machine. `Above the carriage t, 7L, is a feeding box *for the wood, having four Vstandards B,

B1, B2, B3, each standard being made sta` and wood is placed against whenl put into the b oX. In the opposite side of the box is a spiral spring guide r1, r3. This spiral spring guide is shown in Sheet, Fig. 1, and is operated upon by two screws, one right and the other left handed, which runs through the side of the box B, B3, Fig. l, Sheet l, being geared together' by two pinions T5, fr shown Fig. l, Sheet 1 and Fig. l,

Sheet 3, on the outside of the boX. This spring guide being operated upon bythe screws will admit as also Vkeep close to the guide 1 Fig. 1,.Sheet l, a block of wood any thickness which the operator may choose to put in the box.

Two fluted feeding rollers 254 and 255 are fitted on shafts and 251 in and near the bottom of the box lying on a horizontal line with each other and crosswise of the main frame A and A1. The shafts t and t1 are geared together by two tooth wheels 256 and 257 on the side of the frame A1. On the side of the frame A the shaft t1 has a ratchet wheel e fitted on it. These fluted rollers t4 and 5 being made fast on the shaft t and z51 Vserve when turned by the ratchet wheel e' to draw the block of wood (which is placed in the feeding box) down for the cutting cylinders to operate upon. The fluted rollers are shown in longitudinal sect-ion 254 and t5 Fig. 5 Sheet 2.

Two clamps s and s1 are hung on studs. One in front of the cutting box and the other on the back and on a horizontal line with each other. The lower end of t-hese clamps turn in and run under the feeding rollers t and t5 far enough to meet the block of wood below the rollers and are tightened up against the woo-d by two steady screws s2 and SZ-the clamps serve to hold the last part of the block, after it is fed down below the feeding rollers and while the second block of wood feeds down the remaining part of the first until it is all cut up by the cut-ting cylinders and knife before described.

The motion is given to the fluted feeding rollers through the ratchet wheel e (see Fig. 2) by the horizontal pawl v5 the vertical lever @s and horizontal rod w which is connected to the eccentric wheel Under the horizontal pawl v5 is a standard el made fast to the side of the frame A with a fixed pawl Q12 hung on a stud in a slot in the standard @1. The fixed pawl v2 Fig. 2 is calculated to prevent any recoil of the ratchet wheel Q1. The vertical lever @3, and horizontal pawl v5 is kept back to a stop by a counter spring @t when the horizontal rod w is not operating on it. Beneath these pawls, a cross rod @G Fig. l goes through the standards B, and B1 having on the end B1 a small crank handle, and at the other end a crooked counter or check pawl u, Fig. 2 which underlies the pawls @2 and v5 Fig. 2 and on being turned upward, raises both the other pawls, out of gear with the ratchetf wheel 21.

until the fluted rollers 25Ak 255 hold it endwise of the grain between them. lVhen motion is given to the machine t-he knife 7c being placed and working in advance of the cylinf der cutters, and adjusted to cut one thickness of a match splint Ybelow the level of the cylinder cutters 0 o, will, previous to each cut of the cylinders, take olf the chips of the former cut of the cylinders, so as to leave a clear face for the cylinder cutters cylinder appears charged with a match splint on its return, and the instant this motion is completed the eccentric m sends the rod w, lever 213, and pawl 2x5 forward. lThese give the ratchet wheel v motion, by which the fluted rollers t4 t5 are started around so much as to draw down the wood the thickness of a splint. 'I he knife 7c now cames up, and clears the chips, separat-ing and detaching the same from the main block of wood operated upon, and causing said chips to fall beneath the machine apart from the splints, and by the progress of the motion the splints in the cylinders are projected out, into the tray g. Each successive cut of the cylinder drives those out made by the previous motion, and it is the rapidity of the motion, and the sudden check, at the end of the return movement which projects the made splints out of the tray g, inte a receiving box placed at the end of the machine for that purpose.

I claiml. The application and the use of the cutting cylinders, or cylinder 0 o 0 0, in combination with the cutting knife 72, or other instrument operating substantially` the same as herein described.

2. I claim the application and t-he use of the cylinders or cylinder, with a cutting tool as above set forth, in combination with the said mode, or other mode substantially the same, for the purposes of feeding the wood,

cnAUNcEY n WARNER. [L sj lVitnesses r M. LACOUR, H. CANDLAND. 

